fortitude
French, noun/fɔʁ.ti.tyd/
fortitude is spelled F-O-R-T-I-T-U-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortitude is a French feminine noun meaning “fortitude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Énergie morale devant le danger ou dans la souffrance ; courage en endurant ou en subissant (par opposition…”.
What does fortitude mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefortitude
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Énergie morale devant le danger ou dans la souffrance ; courage en endurant ou en subissant (par opposition au courage d’entreprendre des actions périlleuses).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fortitude
- fortitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fortitude?
- /fɔʁ.ti.tyd/
- \fɔʁ.ti.tyd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fortitude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fortitude in French?
fortitude appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).